John Carandini WILSON MID

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Service Numbers:	Not yet discovered
Enlisted:	13 September 1914
Last Rank:	Captain
Last Unit:	3rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 5 January 1882
Home Town:	Chatswood, Willoughby, New South Wales
Schooling:	Bloxham College, Oxfordshire, England
Occupation:	Journalist
Died:	Died of wounds, Egypt, 21 May 1915, aged 33 years
Cemetery:	Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt K. 20.
Memorials:

13 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 3rd Infantry Battalion
18 Oct 1914:	Promoted AIF WW1, Captain, 3rd Infantry Battalion
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement Lieutenant, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked Lieutenant, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
25 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Captain, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
4 May 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Captain, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW head (severe)
21 May 1915:	Involvement Captain, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 3 Battalion awm_rank: Captain awm_died_date: 1915-05-21
29 Jun 1915:	Honoured Mention in Dispatches

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